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🎵Now Playing: Muse - Black Holes and Revelations (2007) I haven’t listened to Muse for ages, and normally I wouldn’t stray far from Origin of Symmetry or Absolution but they headlined my first ever festival (Benicassim, 2007) on this tour so I have a soft spot for it. Opening the set …

🎵Now Playing: Santigold - Santogold (2008) It’s Monday and I’m drinking a Lucozade (orange flavour obviously, I’m not a mentalist who drinks original). I clearly needed a pep in my step this afternoon so we’re back to the 00’s with Santigold’s fantastic debut. …

Friday: The football’s back 😁 Sunday: The football’s back 😩

🎵Now Playing: Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future (2007) It’s hot, sunny, and a Friday. 00’s nu-rave seems appropriate, and this is the 00’s nu-raviest of them all. Wall-to-wall bangers. Favourite Tracks: Atlantis to Interzone Golden Skans Totem on the Timeline As Above So Below …

The horrors continue and there’s nothing we can do.

My (5km) empire of dirt : To paraphrase the song Hurt (the Johnny Cash version) What have I become My sweetest friend Everyone I know runs 5km In the end One of my goals this year was to run a 5km, something I don’t think I’ve done since I was a teenager. This morning I did my third! I can’t believe doing …

🎵Now Playing: Yeasayer - Odd Blood (2010) I totally forgot about Yeasayer. Yeasayer used to exist. I used to sing the ooh’s from Madder Red all the time. I will try not to forget about Yeasayer again. Favourite Tracks: Ambling Alp Madder Red O.N.E

Cultural Diet - July 2025: 

A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month, and I have certainly had my fill this month. July… just… disappeared? What happened? Where did it go? What did I do? I guess we’ll find out.

🎵Now Playing: Oasis - The Masterplan (1998) If you didn’t know, Oasis are back. Everyone I know who got tickets say it was the best gig of their lives. Anyway, this collection of B-Sides is probably their second best album. Manchester vibes in the area. Favourite Tracks: Acquiesce …

A Hawk in a Hall: The present life of man upon earth, O King, seems to me in comparison with that time which is unknown to us like the swift flight of a sparrow through the mead-hall where you sit at supper in winter, with your Ealdormen and thanes, while the fire blazes in the midst and the hall is warmed, but the …

and the rule for sowing is, ‘One for the mouse, one for the crow, One to rot, and one to grow’ Monthly Packet of Evening Readings, Volume 19, (London: Mozley and Smith, 1875), page 213 — via maya.land

🎵Now Playing: Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose (2009) Am I listening to brilliant 00’s indie again? Yes, I am listening to brilliant 00’s indie again. “If only one of us had the guts tonight. What if one of us had the guts tonight?" Favourite …

You've Got Mail: Email is a peculiar thing. If you’re a millennial like me, you remember the hotmail email we got in our teens (sk8rboi13 or the equivalent). From hotmail, I had an AOL account. From AOL I, like almost everyone on earth, got a Gmail account. And that’s been it for the last decade or so. …

🎵Now Playing: St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014) Annie Clark is a guitar hero, and just a hero in general. Favourite Tracks: Rattlesnake Birth In Reverse Huey Newton Digital Witness

OK, so I haven’t quite ditched gmail yet, but we have made a start: you can now send an email to hello@danielsavage.uk! I’ll read it, I’ll reply to it, we’ll become lifelong friends. See my Contact page for ideas of what to include in your message.

This 🤏 close to ditching gmail. Front runner is Proton mail with my custom domain but potentially Migadu. Hey mail looks great but I want multiple addresses.

Rice Cakes: An unusual rice cake eating event in Sheffield is celebrated as a creative commentary on consumerism and the entertainment culture.

Thinking of finally abandoning my gmail and moving to Proton Mail. Hey Mail could be another option - although, maybe privacy should be the most important thing. Anyone have any recommendations?

🎵Now Playing: Gwenno - Utopia (2025) Saw her live twice this year, and both time she was unaccompanied on the piano. Great, but when you hear the songs in full production they soar in a different way. This new album is great. Favourite Tracks: Dancing On Volcanoes Utopia Y Gath 73

“If you’re at a good restaurant, get the fish. If you’re at an okay restaurant, get the steak. If you’re at a bad restaurant, get chips.” Katie Mather, via BlueSky

🎵Now Playing: Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (1972) RIP Ozzy 🦇 Favourite Tracks: Tomorrow’s Dream Changes Supernaut Snowblind

Call for the Dead: Finished reading 2025: Call for the Dead (George Smiley #1) by John le Carré 📚 Just finished Call for the Dead by John le Carré. Really enjoyed it. It’s exactly my sort of thing: pre-internet England, spies and spycraft, the dull administration and obsessive attention to detail, rather than the …

🎵Now Playing: Wet Leg - moisturizer (2025) The new songs all sounded good when I saw them at Glasto, but I don’t think it quite hits the heights of their debut. Favourite Tracks: CPR catch these fists pokemon

Just booked my accommodation for the Vancouver leg of my Canada trip in September. Ten years since I last went, very excited already! 🇨🇦

🎵Now Playing: Fontaines D.C. @ Finsbury Park Saw this gig with my own eyes, down in that there London. Top stuff all around, great support from Amyl & the Sniffers and politicians favourite Kneecap. A fun day out, good weather and even better company. Momentary bliss, indeed. See the setlist …

Some amazing space photography here. My favourite is the Dragon Tree: Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 Shortlist

“Friendly reminder: the brain is not a computer, the body is not a machine.” Zach Barocas

Cultural Diet - June 2025: 

A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month, and I have certainly had my fill this month. Glastonbury being the highlight of course. I’m sorry but this is a Glasto fan account.

Fontaines D.C at the weekend were great, but with that and Glastonbury I’ve had enough fun for the forseeable. Next up, planning and finalising my trip around Canada 🍁

Last minute trip to London today. Because Glasto wasn’t enough apparently…

Glastonbury 2025: Glastonbury - you’re hard work but you never disappoint. My 6th time at the greatest place on earth, and the reason to have hope in humanity. I went with a fantastic group of friends who I love and who love music and dancing and wringing every last drop of life out of the 5 days we’re …

🎵Now Playing: Gwenno @ Glastonbury (2025) Yes, I’m back from Glasto. I’ve just about recovered, my mind and body are about 75% but my soul is still flying free. I’m back at work and thought I would relive the first act I saw while I try to remember exactly what it is I do. This …

I’m sad, can’t speak and everything hurts. Worth it.

Out of office is on. Alarm set for 4am. It’s happening.

It’s good to look up sometimes.

A perk of living in an “upside down” house is that my bedroom is now the coldest room and I can get a decent nights sleep in the heat.

Silver How: Behold! I have returned from a hike. I was in the Lake District this weekend. My parents were there on holiday for the week, and my brother, sister-in-law, and six-month-old niece were also visiting. Savages assemble. We’re all keen hikers, and it’s my brother’s mission to complete all the …

🎵Now Playing: Foals @ Glastonbury (2022) Glastonbury returned in 2022 after a two-year hiatus (for some reason?? I can’t remember why?) and Foals on the Other Stage was a great moment for the indie Millennials to dust off their dance moves. A great career-spanning set from one of the …

The world’s elites are inextricably linked. Their fates are tied. A defeat for one is a defeat for all. If resistance can work somewhere, it can work everywhere. Knowing this, ruling classes across much of the world are committed to crushing and delegitimising the movement for Palestinian …

🎵Now Playing: Tame Impala - Glastonbury (2019) Another old setlist in the run up. This time from Australia’s Tame Impala who put on a brilliant performance on the Other Stage (we chose him instead of Stormzy’s Pyramid set). From what I can remember, a lot of smoke, a lot of lazers, a …

🎵Now Playing: Foo Fighters @ Glastonbury (2017) 2 weeks until Glastonbury! I haven’t packed! I need tent pegs! Argh! As we head closer to my favourite place on earth, I’ll be listening back to some of my favourite sets from the festival, as well as catching up on the music of artists …

🎵Now Playing: Wolf Alice - My Love is Cool (2015) There’s a new album on the way, and they’re on my list to catch at Glastonbury so I’m going back through the old stuff. It’s good! I played a lot of this album when I was DJing in bars on a Friday afternoons. Sadly I am not …

Had a Mac for years and only now discovering Raycast…

🎵Now Playing: Wild Beasts - Present Tense (2014) I miss Wild Beasts. Favourite Tracks: Wanderlust Mecca Sweet Spot Daughters A Simple Beautiful Truth

🎵Now Playing: Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal (2024) Have heard his name banded around a bit, and then saw this performance on Jools Holland and thought I’d give the album a shot. It’s a lovely, strange, folksy, poetic treat. Favourite Tracks: Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed) Love Takes …

The full Glastonbury line-up and (most importantly) stage times are out. Need the app to properly see where the clashes are - SO MUCH CHOICE.

Cultural Diet - May 2025: 

A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. May was lovely. Sunshine! Wedding (not mine)! Birthday (mine)!

Yes, I turned 37 and I don’t understand how we got here so soon. But I did what everyone hurtling towards the grave does - I did my first parkrun and joined Mensa.

The Ballad of Wallis Island: I went to the cinema for my birthday to see The Ballad of Wallis Island, and what a treat it was. I’ve adored Tim Key’s comedy for years. His live shows are works of genius, packed with surrealism and pathos. Whether it’s his radio shows, his appearances on Taskmaster, or his role as Sidekick Simon …

37!

The Fifth Estate: Dave Rupert on his blog writes: I don’t have the capital to start my own Fourth Estate university or newspaper. But I do have this blog. A minor stake in the Fifth Estate. But my blog plus your blog, mix in some RSS and the power of sharing interesting blogs and podcasts… we might make a dent. The …

🎵Now Playing: Bat for Lashes - Two Suns (2009) Bat for Lashes, I’ve not heard that name in years. But this is a stunning album with a song called Daniel that I can pretend is about me. Natasha Khan’s soaring vocals really sell her theatrical indie pop landscape. Favourite Tracks: …

Was at a wedding this weekend so just caught up with the last Match of the Day of the season. Gary Linekar is one of the good guys and he’ll be missed. The montage at the end was something special too. The BBC isn’t perfect but it is essential to British life and must be protected.

The outfit, the commentary, the way she treats it like the dvd sale bin at Woolworths. This Natasha Lyonne video is perfect.

Well that was very 16th vs 17th. ⚽️

The Anti-Trans Moral Panic: Britain’s Grotesque Obsession: Sean Morley, writing for Now Then Magazine: Every major political party seems to be operating under the belief that Reform UK supporters have five votes each and everyone who doesn’t want to pneumatically press disabled people into an impacted cube is unable to fill out a ballot card. We live in …

I did a Mensa test a couple weeks ago, for fun, and I’ve ended up becoming a member of Mensa. Nerd.

Eurovision is a lot of silly fun really isn’t it. I love silly fun. America could never.

Given the seasons we’ve both had, more should be made of how shocking and bizarre it is that we are contesting a European cup final against Tottenham. ⚽️

Buile Hill Park. 📍 A walk in the park. ☀️🌳

🎵Now Playing: Tune-Yards - Better Dreaming (2025) It’s always a good day when a new Tune-Yards record is released. Today is that day! (There’s quite a few good records out today) Favourite Tracks: Swarm Limelight Get Through Better Dreaming How Big Is The Rainbow Sanctuary

🎵Now Playing: Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973) Continuing with the reggae theme we move from one legend to another in Toots and his Maytals. I was lucky enough to see them play at midnight on the Truth Stage in Shangri-La at Glastonbury 2017 and they were still going strong. This is …

🎵Now Playing: Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus (1977) It is hot and ☀️ in the UK this week and so what else, but reggae. I thought I’d start with Bob and move onwards from there. I don’t think I’ve heard this album in it’s entirety before. Great. Favourite Tracks: …

Cultural Diet - April 2025: 

A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. April was warm and the extra daylight has been great for the old menty hel (mental health).

🎵Now Playing: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz! (2009) I thought I didn’t know what I wanted to listen this afternoon, but yes yes yes it’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Favourite Tracks: Zero Heads Will Roll Soft Shock Runaway Dragon Queen

Peel Park. 📍 First festival of the year and it’s down the road.

It is a sad, angry, unpleasant island - but at least we have a new series of Taskmaster.

First ice cream of the year🍦☀️

Trying the Glastonbury resale. The two green bars taunt me again.

Work is currently at the stage where I need background noise rather than full albums. But Sault just released another album out of the blue (that seemed to die and resurrect over the Easter weekend). I intend to listen to all 10 again over the next week or two.

2000s: My favourite film from each year of the naughties. Almost Famous Amélie 24 Hour Party People The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Collateral Sin City Pan's Labyrinth No Country for Old Men Synecdoche, New York Inglourious Basterds

Spending my Saturday installed Arch Linux on an old laptop just to have something to tinker with and scratch the Linux itch I’ve had for a while. Normally I would be in town on my 2nd pint.

A grey, wet Easter Friday bank holiday? I guess it’s time for Lord of the Rings.

I can’t help but think we should use money to help solve world hunger rather than build rockets to blast Katy Perry into space — but that’s clearly just me, a non-billionaire, failing to grasp how important it is to blast Katy Perry into space with my poor, woke, non-billionaire mind. (I will still …

Paddington in Peru, 2024 - ★★★: Watched on Saturday April 12, 2025.

This must be the place: Letterbox showdown of favourite films with specific locations in the title. The Muppets Take Manhattan Notting Hill Synecdoche, New York Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri The Grand Budapest Hotel This Is England Dunkirk The Bridge on the River Kwai The Last Black Man in San …

🎵Now Playing: The Maccabees - Given to the Wild (2012) The Maccabees are also back. No new music just yet but I managed to grab tickets to one of their upcoming Manchester shows. I think of all the indie-adjacent bands of my youth, The Maccabees are my favourite. Sorry, Bloc Party. I can’t …

PULP are back! With new music! And it’s fucking great!

🎵Now Playing: Snapped Ankles - Hard Times Furious Dancing (2025) The lead single Raoul was an instant hit for me. The rest of the new songs continue in that vein - weird, thumping, agitating- the album title speaks for itself. Favourite Tracks: Pay The Rent Raoul Bai Lan

🎵Now Playing: Blondie @ Glastonbury (2023) I make a playlist of most of the gigs I attend, to try and recapture those moments. With the sad news that Blondie’s drummer Clem Burke has passed away, I thought I’d listen to the set list from the only time I saw them live, a sunny …

The Dark Knight Rises, 2012 - ★★★½: Watched on Monday April 7, 2025.

🎵Now Playing: Tune-Yards - W H O K I L L (2011) Tune-Yards have a new album coming out, and I wanted to revisit this album. I actually discovered them live, before I’d heard anything, at Manchester’s famous Deaf Institute back in 2011. They blew me away, sounded like no-one else, and …

The Dark Knight, 2008 - ★★★★★: Watched on Sunday April 6, 2025.

A walk in the sun will cure most ails.

A Sober 2025: March Update: After a dry Jan and an accidentally wet Feb, I got back to winning ways in March. 30/31 days without a drink, and that one time an almost unavoidable Stag/Hen party. It’s been a good month, and I’m feeling the benefits both in my head and in my wallet. Looking at the whole year I’m …

🎵Now Playing: Tom Vek - We Have Sound (2005) This album is exactly the kind of sloppy indie/electronic music I need on a sunny Friday afternoon. Weekend ahoy! Favourite Tracks: C-C (You Set The Fire In Me) A Little Word In Your Ear Cover Nothing But Green Lights

Cultural Diet - March 2025: 

A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. March has marched on out, but spring is here and summer is on the way. I managed to get my new office space decorated (but the cat isn’t very happy about it).

Learned how to wire a light fitting, and the new office/guest room is pretty much done. Last bit to build - the desk.

Remembering to Play: 

I read this article A Project of One’s Own by Paul Graham and really related to it. I’m always giving myself little projects, usually to scratch the creative itch my brain requires.

Just watched the Severance finale. Loved it. Please don’t make us wait years for S3. 📺

🎵Now Playing: SBTRKT - SBTRKT (2011) I needed some momentum so I could fit all my work in this afternoon. This provided that momentum. Tunes. Favourite Tracks: Hold On Wildfire Pharaohs Never Never Living Like I Do

Having a room decorated over the weekend. I’ve had to empty it and so the rest of the house is a complete mess. It’s worth it. It’s worth it. It’s worth it.

Then & Now: 

I went back to my old university at the weekend. It was about 9 years since I had last visited and 19 (💀) since I turned up as a Fresher. There was an Old Boys football match, and a few of us from my time there were turning up.

🎵Now Playing: Divorce - Drive to Goldenhammer (2025) I assume I heard this band on 6Music sometime, but I saw this album in my “to-listen” pile and for this chilly, sunny, Salford day it was pretty perfect from the get-go. They play Manchester in April so I’ll definitely be …

🎵Now Playing: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Up from Below (2009) Their tiny desk concert found its way on one of my feeds and I remembered how great this album is. 2009 is frighteningly becoming ancient history. Favourite Tracks: 40 Day Daydream Jangling Carries on Home Desert Song

🎵Now Playing: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1994) They might be coming to an end, but Wu-Tang will live forever. The beats are glorious, the rhymes victorious. It’s a classic for a reason. Favourite Tracks: Shame on a N**a Can It Be All So Simple Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t …

It really is amazing what a bit of 🌞 does for the old noggin, a thoroughly productive weekend.

I always feel a bit smug about not having kids, but never more than on World Book Day.

Cultural Diet - February 2025: 

A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. February was quite the month for me. For personal reasons as well as feeling like the year has really taken off. Time is moving so fast, and there’s a lot I want to experience. Bring on spring!

Couch to 5k has begun (who even am I anymore).

🎵Now Playing: REM - Document (1987) No idea why R.E.M came into my head while I worked out what I wanted to listen to this afternoon. But I’m glad I did. Favourite Tracks: Finest Worksong Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) The One I Love

🎵Now Playing: Hinds - VIVA HINDS (2025) I heard the Spanish band’s live session with Craig Charles on 6Music the other week and they seemed like a whole lot of fun and so, it turns out, is this album. Favourite Tracks: Boom Boom Back Stranger Superstar En Forma

🎵Now Playing: Sam Fender - People Watching (2025) I missed his standout Glastonbury set in 2022 which I imagine will turn him into a future headliner. This new album sounds very accomplished and it’s vital to have working class voices in the mainstream. For all the good, I still think …

The Bug Club @ Gorilla, Manchester 2025-02-22 🎵

Poetry for the Many by Jeremy Corbyn: 

Finished reading 2025: Poetry for the Many by Jeremy Corbyn 📚

Spring is coming 🌱

🎵Now Playing: Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000) They’ve announced a massive show in Sheffield and while I have seen them live before, my favourite memory is when Daniel Avery played Feel Good Hit of the Summer at the end of his incredible Glasto set in the early hours of the morning. …

Stewart Lee @ The Lowry Theatre, Salford 2025-02-19 🎭

kele @ Gorilla, Manchester 2025-02-15 🎵

A Sober 2025: Feb Update: 

My theme for 2025 was meant to be all about my health, with a focus on improving it. The best way I saw to achieve this was committing to a fully alcohol-free (AF) year.

The reviewer finds Doechii’s mixtape “Alligator Bites Never Heal” to have a unique sound and is excited for her future work.

First time since I got my new “proper” job over a year ago where I’ve felt under pressure and slightly out of my depth. Dreaming of the days all I did was turn up to a quiz/dj night and have fun.

OK, I admit it. I love Stacey Solomon’s Sort Your Life Out. Tidying ✅ Organising ✅ Heartwarming ✅

Adjusting My Inner Narrator: 

This post is part of the IndieWeb Carnival, Artlung is hosting this initiative for February.

I live life with a constant narrator in my head. All my thoughts are in my voice and almost always in the third person. The narrator hasn’t always been the kindest, in fact it has sometimes been …

I am staying in Ashford overnight before a site visit for work tomorrow. According to ChatGPT: Ashford, Kent, is known for several key features and attractions: Transport Hub High-Speed Rail: Ashford International Station offers Eurostar services (historically) and high-speed trains to London St …

Cultural Diet - January 2025: 

A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. January was long. And busy. And sober.

Work has been getting busier and so I’ve fallen into a trap of putting something on in the background in the evening and barely paying attention. Gigs are back in Feb though, got some good ones in …

Nearly made myself cry because I don’t understand how wireless headphones work.

On the train to Newcastle to meet my niece for the very first time 👶🏻. There’s some beautiful views out of the window, Storm Éowyn nowhere to be seen.

Spent the last couple of hours beginning a new Obsidian vault to start fresh and reorganise my notes into something more manageable and future proof. This could take some time (and does it even matter).

Last Week's Links 8: 

Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. Distract yourself, of course! You need to. But then disconnect, and reconnect with other humans! Touch skin, touch grass, touch the off button.

🎵Now Playing: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975) Haven’t seen A Complete Unknown yet. But today felt like a Bob day, and this is currently my favourite album of his. He’s a genius. Favourite tracks: Tangled Up In Blue Simple Twist of Fate Idiot Wind If You See Her, Say Hello …

Decided I will be ignoring and refusing to get involved with/read/comment on anything to do with trumps inauguration except to say this: a collection of the most uncool, corrupt, unintelligent, unloved fucking losers will all be in a room together and I’d love that room to fall into hell …

Amad’s hat-trick last night. 00’s Forever all day on 6music today. Wedding tomorrow. Happy days.

🎵Now Playing: Aldous Harding - Warm Chris (2022) Huge fan of Aldous Harding and I realised I hadn’t given this album much of a listen when it was released. Not quite as much oddness to the folk as in previous albums (or maybe I’m used to it), but enough to keep it interesting. Lovely …

Last Week's Links 7: 

Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. A stunning musical performance, great art, why Bitcoin is the worst, how AI could lead to creative/local software, and something to waste some time with on the toilet. The full set.

News: I became an Uncle today.

Delighted to hear Lauren Laverne is well and coming back to 6music. Moving to the 10.30am-1pm time-slot is great. I chose the right time to start listening again.

There is Thrill in the Friction: 

This post is part of the IndieWeb Carnival, V.H. Belvadi is hosting this initiative for January.

I realise I haven’t shared any cat (🐈‍⬛) content here, so here is Domino - the world’s laziest colleague.

I’ve got back into listening to BBC 6Music while I work. It’s the perfect station really, isn’t it?

Last Week's Links 6: 

Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. It’s a new year, but I continue to scour the internet to find gems in the ever increasing slop of shite.

🎵Now playing: The National - Boxer (2007) It’s started snowing outside again. This album (and this band) always makes me feel like I’m sat in front of an open flame. Hunker down. Favourite tracks: Fake Empire Mistaken for Strangers Squalor Victoria Apartment Story Ada

🎵Now playing: The Beatles - Revolver (1966) Back at work today, so thought I’d throw on an album I’ve ordered on vinyl with some Christmas money. It’s hard to pick a favourite Beatles album (The Best of the Beatles?) but this is my favourite Beatles album. Favourite Tracks: …

A Sober 2025: 

I’ve decided to go through 2025 with a theme in mind. In 2024 I focused on doing well at work, keeping the job I recently got, learning quickly, and becoming a valued member of the team. I think I achieved that pretty well. My finances that were lacking in 2023, have improved and given me a …

Cultural Diet - December 2024: 

A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. After November’s hectic gig schedule, this month was rather quieter with the festive holidays in mind. As we got closer to the winter solstice and it got dark and cold from 2pm, staying in and watching TV or a film became my preferred …

Uncle Buck, 1989 - ★★★★: Watched on Saturday December 28, 2024.

Jurassic Park, 1993 - ★★★★★: Watched on Friday December 27, 2024.

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, 2024 - ★★★★: Watched on Thursday December 26, 2024.

Home Alone, 1990 - ★★★★★: Watched on Tuesday December 24, 2024.

Out of office is on, and I’ve already started to overeat. Merry Christmas all.

Last Week's Links 5: 

Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.

Default Apps: 

Following a post I saw from @jarrod on HeyDingus here are the default apps I use on my iPhone.

My website now fits the season with falling snow. Check it out on danielsavage.uk ❄️ (thanks to @manton.org)

🎵Now Playing: This Is Lorelei - Box for Buddy, Box for Star (2024) This was The Lovely Robin’s™️ best album of the year, and it had completely passed me by so I thought I’d throw it on today. A lovely piece of work. Best Tracks: Perfect Hand I’m All F****d Up Dancing in the Club …

🎵Now Playing: Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land (2004) Not gone through the back catalogue of Biffy for a while. Blackened Sky is still my favourite album but this occasionally bangs. Best Tracks: Glitter and Trauma Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave

It’s #SPOTY therefore I get my years fill of sporting montages. Luke Littler the favourite to win but Keeley Hodgkinson’s gold was special. I LOVE SPORT.

Last Week's Links 4: 

Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. I’ll try to have more fun ones next time.

🎵Now Playing: TV on the Radio - Dear Science (2008) I only remembered I love this band over the weekend so had to play this album today. Great way to start the week. Best Tracks: Halfway Home Crying Golden Age Shout Me Out DLZ

Altrincham 1 - 0 Sutton United ⚽️ Very cold. Very cold. Happy to be on the tram heading home to warmth and my cat.

Hosted a work’s Christmas quiz over Teams tonight (we all work remotely) and I got a sudden flashback of Covid.

Last Week's Links 3: 

Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. Sorry it’s a) late and b) short, but I’ve had a week.

🎵Now Playing: Laura Marling - Patterns (2024) Laura Marling is a perfect artist. She’s already one of my favourite gigs of all time, and this album is a stripped back, beautiful, tender, moving piece of work. Sublime. Best Tracks: Child of Mine No One’s Gonna Love You Like I Can …

Reading Habits for 2025: 

It’s December, so obviously, I’m in reflection mode—looking back on the year, spotting the wins, and acknowledging where there’s room to improve. One area that I failed at this year was reading more.

🎵Now Playing: Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing EP (2024) My Spotify algorithm came good suggesting this to me. Absolutely loved it. Sharp, clever, heartfelt lyrics with great production. I see he’s playing Manchester in April, might have to grab a ticket. Best Tracks: Mum Does The …

Last Week's Links 2: 

Here are the best things I found on the internet last week. Couple poems, a video, and a few interesting articles. Good for a toilet break or two.

Cultural Diet - November 2024: 

A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month.

November has been busy. I’ve overdone it and December is supposed to be the month of excess. It has, however, also been fun. And that’s important too.

Manchester United 4 - 0 Everton. What a great day to have a ticket. We definitely need a new stadium but there’s still something special about Old Trafford in the sun. Diallo was superb.

🎵Now Playing: Yannis & The Yaw - Lagos Paris London EP (2024) A dream collaboration between The Foals singer and the legendary drummer Tony Allen. Result is a Foals-y sound with the groove turned up to 11. Best tracks: Rain Can’t Reach Us Clementine

Ok, it’s time to admit it. I’m a Manchester United fan. Good win tonight. ⚽️🔴⚪️⚫️

🎵Now Playing: Chemical Brothers - Planet Dust (1995) They didn’t make this album for listening to at work, they made it for dancing. Best tracks: Leave Home Chemical Beats One Too Many Mornings

🎵Now Playing: Kendrick Lamar - GNX (2024) Had to give this a chance after all the hype. Not my fave of his back catalog, but it could be a grower. Best tracks: squabble up reincarnation tv off (aka MUSSSTTTAAARRRDDD) heart pt.6

Every border implies the violence of its maintenance. Ayesha A. Siddiqi

Last Week's Links 1: Here’s some things I found on the internet last week. Video: Can you take a photo of us? Video: Mad isn’t it Article: Household Surrealism: Clothesline Animals Finally, a piece of writing that could be about me. Project Mayhem

I’ve been thinking about giving up the booze for a while. Wasting days hungover just isn’t the one anymore. I thought January 1st would be a good marker but that’s just an excuse to push it down the road, rather than to make the improvement immediately. Especially with Dec being a …

Filling out more pages on the site. I love to track things (classic IT guy alert) so you can find all my: 🤘gigs 🎵vinyl 🌎travel ⛺️festivals 📚books 📺🍿🎙️media More pages to be added… posts to be written… and culture to be consumed.

I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so I can do my laundry and dishes. Joanna Maciejewska

Hello World!: Hello, this post means danielsavage.uk is back online! Yes, I’m going to be blogging again like I’m on geocities (yes, I’ve been writing on the web before Tumblr). Now it’s being hosted on micro.blog (thanks @manton.org), which feels likes everything I ever wanted from the …